most of the public polls we've seen put the republican scott brown in the lead. the best political analysts out there, they are putting this race as likely or lean republican, moved it from the toss-up column. it looks like scott brown could win this race. the republican. in these final hours, the democrats are trying to do everything they can to try and win this seat, because they realize how much is at stake. the president said that just yesterday. it's the choice between moving forward or moving backward. so, that's a key factor here. i also have to point out to you that democrats are so concerned that they may lose this seat and lose their supermajority in congress that may endanger president barack obama's agenda and health care reform that there's already a backup plan they're talking about on capitol hill where essentially the house would be forced to vote the senate bill on health care and then that would send it directly to president obama's desk for signature. so, that's one part of it. the other part of this race,

it's very interesting, monica, the local flavor, what's going on between these two candidates. i want to play for you part of coakley yesterday and scott brown as they argued back and forth. let's listen. >> let's be clear. this week my opponent made it clear whose side he's on when he came out against president obama's proposal to fully compensate taxpayers by holding wall street accountable. so, let's make sure that we know what that choice is because scott brown is on the side of wall street ceos. i'm on the side of taxpayers. i'm on your side, to make sure that we change this. >> not only are her ads negative, they're malicious. and how quickly the politics of hope have been replaced by the politics of desperation. >> reporter: so, a lot of tough campaigning going on. you can see martha coakley making the point that the republican is on the side of wall street. the president's spokesman robert

gibson air force one after the president left here in boston, saying that's part of the message they're going to use in 2010 against republican opponen opponents, that they're on the side of wall street. it is true, scott brown, the republican candidate here, does oppose president obama's plan to put that new fee on banks and wall street. monica? >> we're talking about health care reform and that vote in regard to this seat, but what are the voters most focused on there? are they focused on health care reform or jobs and the economy? where are their thoughts as they prepare to make their votes tomorrow? >> reporter: that's a good question. republicans are trying to make the case that this is a referendum on president obama and his agenda and health care reform. certainly it's a factor. look, massachusetts already provides health care for its residents here. so, jobs and the economy are the number one issue. the reason that the democratic

candidate is not a shoe-be in for this seat in a state where democrats outnumber republicans, 3-1, the reason is americans don't feel like they're doing well, that this country is on the wrong track. they want change. that's why they want a republican, like scott brown. that's why he has been doing so well in the polls. jobs and the economy are a very big issue, probably the number one issue. that's why you see that as the number one issue between these two candidates and why martha coakley and the president are trying to paint the republican as on the side of wall street. that's a message they're going to try to carry forward. monica? >> very interesting, norah o'donnell, great reporting as always. thanks, norah. in about 15 minutes we'll be speaking to two of the best political minds in the best, richard wolf and political analyst larry sabitosa. stay tuned for that. no reports yet of damages, but there has been a strong earthquake in guatemala, centered about 60 miles southeast of guatemala city near

the country's border with the country of el salvador, 6.0 quake. we have our eyes on this and will bring you more details as soon as they come into our newsroom. now the very latest from haiti. we've just learned a curfew is being put in place for the first time since last tuesday's devastating earthquake. this morning, u.n. soldiers had to fire rub beer bullets and tear gas at an unruly crowd at an aid station near the port-au-prince airport. the new curfew will be enforced tonight. they say it is meant to keep the population stable and maintain control. the u.s. military conducted nighttime flights to make food and supply deliveries. that beefs up the military presence to 13,000 troops now to help with this massive relief effort. the overwhelming smell of dead bodies is still filling the

streets of the haitian capital. some survivors are being pulled out of the rubble. this man was freed by chinese rescue workers yesterday. according to the united nations, 1,700 rescue workers have saved more than 70 lives. can you believe it? tom costello joins us live with the military's latest response. >> from the department of transportation's end of this, and what they're doing with the maritime. these are government-owned ships, u.s. maritime administration ships, crewed by civilian or u.s. merchant mariners, preparing to embark for haiti from different points across the united states. they include the following ships, gopher state, the pet petersburg, and the cornhusker state as well as the cape may to give you a sense of what these ships are capable of doing or what their lift capacity is, one of them is a high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry, another one say crane ship,

based in norfolk, virginia. yet another crane ship and then an offshore petroleum discharge tanker in california and cape may is a sea barge clipper class vessel, essentially it is a characteristic cargo barge and also can carry huge sections of causeway. so, the u.s. maritime administration now dispatching five more ships to haiti to help with this massive relief effort. back to you. >> tom costello in washington with the latest. thank you, tom. bringing in food, water and medicine to the earthquake victims, of course you've heardb it's been a logistical nightmare and humanitarian workers have been xlining that deliveries are falling far short of the overwhelming demand. joining us from skype out of haiti is maggie boyer. we keep hearing about this bottleneck in getting the supplies from the airport to the people. are you getting what you need,

where you need it? >> thank you for having me. world vision has been very fortunate. we have had three -- two or three planes land with 18,000 tons of supplies and we have been able to get our -- the supplies to the office and out to the communities. i think that some, especially medical care, is beginning to get through to the wounded. so, some victims are beginning to get help, which is not to say that all who need it are getting it, because the numbers are just overwhelming, but some is penetrating through, yes. just last night vision -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt, maggie. i was going to add that what was coming through on the wires is that the u.n. chief is recommending to the security council that they add 1,500 police, 2,000 troops to this peacekeeping force. do you see that -- would those numbers, do you think, help here in easing that bottleneck?

>> absolutely. i think more than with the bottleneck, those numbers will help with security as i think it is emerging as a concern for many. as people are recovering from the shock, the sheer shock that they were under for the first couple of days and now have gone -- they're seven days out of their homes without access to even the most basic services, i think it is a volatile situation. so far, we are very grateful to report that the situation has not gotten out of hand and order has been the order of the day in most parts of the city, even through this devastation. but i think that that security issue is emerging as being critical. so, it's good. police, any extra police and military we can have is excellent news. >> all right. maggie boyer with world vision, we wish you the best of luck in the coming days. thank you for your good work out there. we appreciate it. >> thank you. you're looking at live pictures at the airport there. we just had those.

military aid continues to stream in. u.n. vehicles are preparing for what looks like a convoy to leave the airport. you have a group of people gathered there. we keep hearing about the bottlenecks but we know that they are working to manage those. we know that there is a tremendous amount of supply, relief aid there at the airport and, of course, the key they're focused on just getting it out to the people who need it. rescue teams from around the world have been working around the clock to save those earthquake victims trapped inside the collapsed buildings. there, you hear the clapping. this video came in last night. exhausted search teams from florida and new york city were applauding as a man and woman were pulled from the rubble of a leveled supermarket. they had survived for 126 hours. they were fortunate, at least, there was food that was trapped with them. they were able to eat that. >> it's a very wonderful night because we worked almost 26 hours straight for those two survivors. immediately now we need to regroup, get everybody together

and start working some more for additional survivors we're looking for. >> rescuers also saved a 7-year-old girl and another man trapped in the supermarket. hours later, another woman was also rescued. amazing work they're doing there. if you're looking for a way to help the people of haiti, there are a few things you can do. you can call unicef or the american red cross. as you've been hearing, you can texhaiti to the number 90999. that automatically donates $10 to the red cross relief effort. you'll see that charge on your cell phone bill. logon to helphaiti.msnbc.com. moving on now, afghanistan under attack. the taliban launching multiple suicide attacks across the center of the capital. we are live from kabul. will a republic replace the late ted kennedy in the senate? it is likely to happen. nearly a year since barack obama was sworn in as the first african-american president. have race relations improved?

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rchlt. have an update now for you. bill clinton has just arrived on the scene there. hard to see in that crowd, but again these are pictures just coming in to us from the airport in port-au-prince. former president bill clinton just arriving on the ground in haiti. we'll be following -- there you can see him just in the middle of that crowd. you can make out his face there, right there in the center. so, the group now making their way through the tarmac on the airport there, surrounded by the

media. there will be a strong following here as we watch what the former president does here today in port-au-prince. we'll be watching that and bring you more details as they come in. we're following breaking news right now. those explosions you're hearing, that happen ed in afghanistan, n kabul. the city under attack for several hours today by taliban militants who detonated at least two suicide bombs. there were also several fierce gun battles with afghan security forces, one just steps away from the presidential palace. hamid karzai says security has now been restored to the capital where we find nbc news correspondent jim miklaszewski. mick, what can you tell us? what has unfolded and what are the numbers in terms of casualties? >> reporter: this was a highly sophisticated spectacular attack that begin, as you said, with a series of suicide bombers, both in automobiles, trucks and

gunmen that had worn suicide bomb vests that attacked several targets simultaneously and then several gunman rushed in to a high-rise marketplace, armed with automatic weapons and grenades hanging from their vests, went up to the upper floors. from that position, they engaged afghan security forces in a fierce firefight that went on for about four hours. in the end, despite all the spectacular explosions and firefight, there were very few casualties. four afghan police and one child. as many as ten militants killed. but that really didn't matter, apparently, to the taliban. what mattered is that they believe they got their psychological target achieved, and that was that despite whatever progress is being made politically and militarily here in afghanistan against the taliban, the taliban let the people of afghanistan know today they're still a force to be reckoned with, monica. >> clearly.

jim miklaszewski, thank you. president obama is putting it all on the line to save the democrats from an embarrassing upset from the state of massachusetts. the president now appears in a tv ad, supporting martha coakley, the kennedys own pick to replace the late senator ted kennedy. >> martha knows the struggles massachusetts' working families faced because she's lived those struggles. she's fought for the people of massachusetts every single day. as attorney general, she took on wall street and recovered millions for massachusetts taxpayers. she went after big insurance companies. >> the president appears with coakley over the weekend to try to drum up support as coakley pulls out the big guns, new numbers by suffolk university show brown with a strong lead. brown is ahead 54-40%. great to have you both. richard, i'll start with you. in a discussion about this race earlier this morning on our air,

the point was made that perhaps it's better for the democrats if they lose this seat because it pushes the democrats to look at this in a binary way. let's vote for the senate version and get this done or forget it, we're not going to have anything done and one year's work will be lost. what do you think? >> reporter: that's one way to look at it. i can tell you at the white house, where i am now, they would much prefer this to be victory and still project this as a victory for coakley. remember, obviously, the health care discussion has been teetering on the edge for a long while. they don't need the added complication. it is already a wake-up call for democrats and the white house. we're seeing a much more populous tone coming from the president. for the state of the union and heading into this mid-term election year. life will be a lot easier with 60 votes, believe me. >> certainly. i just want to point out, i'm being told those numbers we just put up from suffolk university, those are bellwethers, not hard poll numbers.

you see some of the numbers, brown leading over coakley. larry, let me ask you, obviously, a far bigger impact. we're focused so much now on health care reform because that's the initial impact. but a bigger impact in the broader picture, correct? >> absolutely. look, the one bright spot for democrats is that it is a wake-up call for november. they were headed for a very tough november. it always is true that the believers in the party are the last to recognize how difficult a forthcoming election is. even if brown comes close and doesn't win, i think they've all gotten the message. and if he actually does win, the fact that democrats no longer have 60, yes, it makes it much tougher for democrats to pass legislation, but it also may moderate some of the legislation and may make it easier for democrats to get through the kind of legislation that will produce bipartisan support, maybe increasing the chances

that democrats can cut republican gains in november. >> richard, we were talking earlier again. as we keep talking about health care reform, sort of the news of the day and the initial impact that we'll be seeing in the coming days, but voters there are also focused in massachusetts on jobs and the economy. >> reporter: no question, jobs and the economy are upper most by a long, long way. in part why the white house is talking more about wall street and the nature of the financial crisis, how long it's going to take to turn around. in the end, this isn't just about the legislation. it's about meeting that mood, angry mood, the unhappy mood, the desire for reform and change. that's how the president is trying to remind people of what he ran on a year or more ago, because in the end, the voters are still going to want that mood for change and reform that was powerful for him in 2008 and obviously any anti-incumbent will strike that tone now. >> larry, we just played a clip from the president's -- the new tv ad they've made of the president for martha coakley.

how much will his last-minute stepping in here, how much is that going to impact the race, do you think? can it at this point? >> democrats hope it will make some difference, of course. we remember last november late appearances, multiple appearances by obama made no difference in new jersey, which he carried by 17 points. now he carried massachusetts by more, with 62%, but i don't know that a presidential visit really changes the complexion of the race all that much. it's really the democratic organization in massachusetts that might, might be able to pull coakley across the finish line. that's really her last best hope. >> all right. larry sabitow, richard wolffe, gentlemen, thank you. >> thank you. martin luther king jr. was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee, shot in the face as he stood alone on the balcony of his hotel room. he died in a hospital an hour later. >> the nation remembers the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king today. what would he say about race in

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ooh, peanuts. i have a dream that one day of valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain and the crooked places will be made straight. >> the nation pauses today, to remember the powerful message and legacy of civil rights pioneer dr. martin luther king jr. dr. king would have turned 81 last friday. in the next hour, president obama will commemorate the national holiday by hosting a small group of african-american senior citizens and their grandchildren to talk about the legacy of the civil rights movement. a year after president obama took office, a brand new poll on race relations to share with you. 72% say race relations are very good or fairly good. that is actually down, though, from 77% a year ago. respondents were asked if they

agree with the following statement, america is a nation where people are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. 60% said they agree, 39% disagree. this is all leading up to msnbc's special town hall on "obama's america." shala linch joins me now to talk about this. let me read you another set of numbers. on race relations when all adults were asked, very good. 8% thought race relations were very good right now, down from 7%. 64% said fairly good. but that is down a bit from a year ago, from 70%. what do you make of the numbers? >> well, goodness. i think that, you know, obama gives us a little bit of a sense of hope, him and michelle. they set the standards very high, which is pretty exciting. >> are you surprised by anything you're seeing so far there in terms of the numbers dropping a

bit? >> well, i think that part of it has to do -- we've tied our hopes on race to the obamas, which is a little bit unfair. i mean, they are individuals. they can't carry the whole group. i do see that, you know, there is some hope involved. but with them -- i'm sorry, i'm losing my train of thought. >> that's okay. actually, let's pause right here. i want to play a clip from the president when he talks about victory one year ago and what's happened since then. let me play that sound bite right here. >> on the heels of that victory a year ago, some have suggested that somehow we have entered into a post-racial america. all those problems would be solved. there are those who argue that because i spoke of a need for unity in this country that our nation was somehow entering into a period of post-partisanship.

that didn't work out so well. >> and let me bring up, shola, another poll. race relations since obama has been president, 20% now say it's better, but that was 45% last year, also down. 15% say it's worse, up two percentage points from jn a year ago. >> yeah. i mean, i think that it's not really a post racial america because we haven't addressed race in a real way. we like to be a-historical about it and say let's wipe the slate clean. we have to know where these attitudes have come from and how they've manifested themselves in society today. i think that's what obama was talking about. just because he has been elected to president, president of the united states, doesn't mean that all of the issues go away. so, i think that's what he was talking about. >> and we've got one more number to share with our viewers. america on the statement, when

we mentioned america is a nation where people are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, all whites agreeing at 60%, disagreeing 39%. those are all adults, whites 62%, 37% and african-americans, though, only 40% agree with that statement, 58% disagree. we still see the very different perceptions there, depending on who you are in america. >> not only who you are, but your experiences. i think that race has been used in the past to talk about class. and when we had segrega tchtion that was largely true. now with integration, there are different classes and regardless of your class, things happen in your life that remind you of the difference in terms of races. we can look -- even the best and prietest in business, we're a capitalist society, how many ceos are black men? one, right? how many ceos are women? so, there are these ceilings

that telling you, these markers, these ways your careers are directed that say, okay, you've come -- you've done so well for your people, but not necessarily completely as an individual. so, obama is not the first person who could be qualified to be president of the united states. it is that he is qualified and him and michelle stand for so much that is great about the country and that the attitudes have changed enough and he was able to take advantage of an opportunity. and these are things that are important that people of color definitely think about in terms of race and post-racial. we haven't completely dealt with all of our issues. i think chris rock said it best. race relations is like -- or affirmative action is like having an uncle that molests you and sends you to college. it's complicated until we want to deal -- i know, chris rock. thank you for breaking it down with a little humor. until we want to kind of deal with the difficulty and the

nuances. it's going to be the elephant in the room. >> we'll end it on that note with a little help from chris rock. shola lynch, documentary film maker, thank you. we'll be watching for your comments tonight, that msnbc special "obama's america" hosted by chris matthews with tom joyner this evening at 10:00 pm eastern only on msnbc news. a rich and airy treat. ♪ because after you've washed the bills... and paid all the dishes... it's finally me o'clock. enjoy it with mousse temptations. three decadent flavors. 60 calories. it's me o'clock. time for jell-o.

we showed you the video, former president bill clinton arriving in haiti just this hour. he will deliver relief supplies and be meeting with haiti's leaders. as all those meetings happen we'll bring you as many images as we can. jay gray is in port-au-prince with more. what's the latest today, jay? >> reporter: monica, that meeting between former president clinton and the leaders in haiti nice. people appreciate that. but what they want right now is some relief. they are still running short on supplies here, even though that relief effort continues around the clock. take a look at the conditions we're dealing with.

you understand why the need so far outreaches the means right now. people living in tents, hundreds of thousands in this city, because they've lost their homes. understand they're also dealing with the loss of loved ones and friends. you can see the rubble, the devastation that stretches for miles and miles. when you spent time in the heart of the city, you can't go two or three feet without someone walking up to you and saying, water, please. water. food, we need food. they are desperate. it's been a tough go for five days. a lot of people continue to talk about that. the relief does continue to come in. it's getting it out that seems to be the problem right now. tempers are beginning to flare. we've seen skirmishes throughout the day, especially at the airport where u.n. police had to use rubber bullets and tear gas to subdue the crowd. no serious injuries, but similar skirmishes reported across the city. the u.n. is calling for more police and more troops on the ground here. a total of 3,500 they would like to see within the next day or so. monica? >> can you imagine the

frustration as people hear and see these planes and choppers flying over for days now and if they're still in areas where they can't get any of it? i can't even imagine how frustrating that must be for them. jay gray, thank you so much for that reporting. appreciate it. americans grateful to be alive are slowly making their way back to the united states. this video came to us from indiana, a young woman who was volunteering in haiti just returned home to her family. look at that moment. scenes like these are playing out across the country. there is some good news there. with me now from california, walter riley and his wife, barbara. on his first trip to the country when the quake hit. we're pleased to have you both. we're glad you're all right and home now. i understand when you -- after the quake hit, you actually decided to create a makeshift hospital at a friend's home? >> thank you for allowing us here. well, we can't call it a

makeshift hospital. we offered first aid. we were able to provide space for people where we tried to dress wounds and broken arms, but it was first aid that we provided with soap and water, hydrogen peroxide and alcohol. >> because you're not -- i assume no one there is medically trained as a doctor. you're just getting together and trying to do the best you can for people who desperately need the help? >> yeah, that's right. i mean, the amazing thing to me is that port-au-prince is a city that seems to have no primary health care system at all, that we could see operating, at least in the time that we were there. and so things that we're just used to, like building standards and emergency relief plans, stocked water, potable water system, reliable electricity, none of that was there before the earthquake hit. if you can imagine san francisco superimposed on a city with no

effective infrastructure and little effective government maybe you can get a glimpse of what this was like. >> what was the response from the area? you were in the jacmel area, is that right? what was the response there? how many people were streaming in, to get the help that you were able to offer? >> we were in an area up behind the palace on the hill. i don't know haiti that well. i don't believe it was jacmel. we were in port-au-prince itself, just a few miles, short distance from the palace up high. it was hard hit. lots of destruction. people were in rubble. we had tremendous cooperation from people when we set up the first aid center there. people came in and helped from the neighborhood. other people were providing what resources they had. >> barbara, will you return to the country? if so, when? >> i'm not sure when, but i would like to return. i would like to have a trip that

comes to a better ending than the one we were having. we were there on a fact-finding mission. i was finding it very interesting, although a little discouraging. i think americans have to consider whether we really are a moral people when we have people living so close to our shores who are the descendents of people who created so much of our wealth living in such poverty. my hope is that port-au-prince will be rebuilt as a decent, modern city with conditions where people can live with dignity and i would like to be part of that effort. >> barbara rhine, walter riley, great to have you home. many people back there appreciate the work that you did. thank you. >> thank you. in just a few hours, haitian-born musician, wyclef jean, will talk to reporters, defending his foundation, yele. the smoking gun website posted documents that show that the

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ed to have severe mental health problems directly attributable to hurricane katrina. other stories on our radar today, there were far more warning signs than we were first told about that terrorists were going to try to blow up an airplane on christmas. today's "new york times" says the federal report did not include all the missed clues. sat's security breach at jfk's airport was caused by a confused man returning from haiti. according to his lawyer, the man went through the wrong door. tomorrow is the special election to fill the late ted kennedy's seat in massachusetts, martha coakley trailing scott brown in many of the polls. "avatar" continues to dominate the entertainment world. not only was james cameron's the big winner at last night's golden globes but number one again at the box office this weekend, taking in more than $41 million. "avatar" took home best drama and best director, securing it as a major contender for the oscars. those nominations come out february 2nd.

among last night's other big winners, meryl streep for "julie & julia" and robert downey jr. best comedy actor in "sherlock holmes" and mo'nique for her role in "precious quks. >> thank you, god, for this amazing ride. i celebrate this award with all the preciouses, with all the marys, with every person that's ever been touched. it's now time to tell. and it's okay. >> msnbc contributor toure joins us now. she really kicked off the show. >> she is going to have to do another speech at the oscars, already engraved, mo'nique will win best actress, no doubt, and all of america will cry again because "precious" is amazing.

>> what about "avatar." >> it's all about dances with smurfs. when your company is a big initiative and everybody gets behind it, all the employees, this is like that. this is hollywood's big initiative of the year. $500 million budget, $2 billion it's made and growing. biggest movie of all time. all of hollywood has to get behind it and put the gold stamp on this. >> what is it about this film? is it all the 3-d, all of that stuff that's so groundbreak, is that why people are so behind it? >> that's number one. it's a technological revolution as a film. it's a strong film. is it a normal sort of plot we've seen before? yes. it's a five-hour movie or something, 2:45. it moves really fast, it's smooth and flowing, takes a lot of other movies, "dances with wolves," the "matrix" but adds something to them. very interesting movie. not my favorite movie of the year, but this is an oscar winner. >> very interesting.

let's talk about nbc. nbc was certainly the talk of the night. >> how cheeky. >> if you missed any of it. let's play a couple of clips here. >> nbc, you guys are in the toilet right now. >> julia roberts, we're live on the air. >> i'm not saying in the toilet but i'm saying there's problems. >> nbc said it was going to rain at 10:00, but moved it to 11:30. >> let's get on with it before nbc replaces me with jay leno. >> not very nice to come into the nbc house and say all that. >> how snarkey to come to our house and dis us, but whatever. >> toure, great to have you. >> thanks. the fate of nbc's late-night talk show lineup could be decided any time now. like that segue? conan o'brien would reportedly walk away with between $25 and $40 million. his last show could be as early as this friday. the deal would have conan's

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shouts of encouragement came from a group of haitians after rescuers pulled a teen from rubble in port-au-prince. the town of jacmel is 30 miles south of the capital. thousands are wounded and missionaries say aid is finally coming in, good news. joining me live from jacmel is jack stewart, founder of hands

and feet, who take in orphaned children. now they're taking in more children who have lost their parents and their families in the quake. how are the children faring in the wake of this tragedy, the children you've been working with already there and the new children coming in. >> well, thanks, monica, for having us. the people -- the children at our orphanage are doing just fine. we were hit, but no one was hurt, no one was killed. but the people around us are definitely devastated. it's not -- our location here is about 20,000 wounded, probably between 1,000 to 2,000 dead and they're not completely sure of that, because we have no heavy equipment to dig them out. we are preparing ourselves at our orphanage to take in probably several hundred orphans. we have a different orphanage and we're getting prepared for that. the last few days, we've been working with our friends in the united states, different churches, different groups and we're bringing in supplies ourselves here in haiti via

independent pilots because we have yet to see anything. >> mark, i was reading on your blog, you've just now been able to get -- you wrote a boat finally made its way with supplies for you. what kind of stuff are you getting? >> we're getting medicine. we're getting stuff for the hospital is completely out until last night, they couldn't even do surgeries. they were having to put off people's arms and legs off because they didn't have the proper equipment. finally today we're starting to get some help. i just have to say thanks to all the different organizations. these pilots are bringing their own twin engine airplanes and they're just taking off and they're coming to jacmel and they're bringing us supplies. we want to say thanks to all those guys. that means so much to us. >> mark, look for those of us on the outside that all we can do is give money and watch what you're doing. we say thank you because the images of these children over the last several days is heartbreaking and it's good to know there are people out there,

like you, taking care of them. best of luck in the coming days. >> god bless you guys. thank you. up next "andrea mitchell reports," she'll talk with massachusetts ed markey about the race to replace the late senator ted kennedy and the likelihood that a republican will win that seat. thanks for watching. exciting flavor combinations, plus a touch of garden greens make it irresistible. friskies indoor delights. feed the senses. , friskies indoor delights. when it comes to italian sauce, some people prefer this jar. but more people prefer this sauce. winner of the blind taste test. the sweet and savory taste of prego. it's in there. as small businesses are busy reinventing the economy, small business owners have a lot of questions. can paperless billing get me paid faster? how can i keep my best employees? how can i bring down my insurance costs? that's why we're building a community

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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," former president bill clinton arrives in haiti with his daughter, chelsea, as frustration grows. victims are fighting for food, water and medical supplies. tonight, for the first time, a curfew will be imposed. this hour, my interview with secretary of state hillary clinton in port-au-prince this weekend. six days since the quake. today, amazing rescues still happening. just yesterday, ten people were pulled from the rubble in port-au-prince. this hour, new york city mayor michael bloomberg talking about his team, fire and rescue, on the ground in haiti.

plus on this martin luther king jr. holiday, chris matthews talks about his upcoming town hall meeting tonight, race in america one year after president obama took office. and the senate fight in massachusetts. why it could mean the end of health care reform. congressman ed markey joining us from the campaign trail. also today, in afghanistan, the worst coordinated taliban attack in kabul, suicide bombers kill 12 people. good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. more u.s. marines en route to help keep haiti secure, frustration is swelling among survivors desperate for food, water, a place to sleep. here with us now, state department spokesman p.j. crowley. thank you for joining us. >> andrea, my pleasure. >> bring me up-to-date. we were in haiti this weekend together, quick trip down and back. let's talk about the growing tension there, the problem in getting these supplies distributed. what can the united states, the u.n. and the other nations do?

>> well, since saturday, we have been able to expand the network. so, the food that's coming in, the water that's coming in is getting out to the haitian people. you saw it on saturday, the airport is limited. the military has done a fantastic job of expanding to roughly 100 flights a day. so, more assistance is coming in. but we are looking now at how to operate in and around the damaged ports in haiti, not only seeing if we can use some ships that can dock with a limited port arrangement, some ships that can operate without having to dock formally and finally looking at how to establish a secretary second operating center in the dominican republic and be able to move more supplies. >> would that be by chopper or over land? >> over land. so, obviously, working -- the logistics are critical here. we are dealing with limited infrastructure in haiti. more and more aid is flowing out to the haitian